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Fridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia Keffer(This is a Replay)Plants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-9259To learn m...2025-03-0358 minFridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia Keffer(This is a Replay)Plants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-92592024-01-2958 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureA Northern Gardener's Guide To Native Plants And Pollinators by Lorraine Johnson and Shelia CollaA Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. By Lorraine Johnson and Shelia Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Published by Island Press in 2023Pennies add up. We can all make a difference with climate change, biodiversity, and human health and wellness. This exquisitely illustrated guide to northern native plants is the first step in that journey. Anyone can follow these easy steps to creating a sustainable, lower maintenance landscape on their property. The heart of the garden "book" contains more than 300 native plants and...2023-10-301h 05
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSmaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan MallachSmaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive without Growth by Alan Mallach. Published by Island Press in 2022. More is never enough. Have we reached the balance of a sustainable human population that affords us a comfortable and ecologically sustainable life style in harmony with the Earth? What does that economy and city look like? How does it function? These and many other practical questions - and answers - is the thesis of this book. Join me in conversation with Alan to understand the data about the human population and how this affects all of...2023-08-2455 minFridays with Keenan's Cutting EdgeEnriching your life through plants with Tricia KefferPlants + People = LoveMake a great first impression for your clients with some beautiful plants in your office. And, at the end of day at home when the shoes are off and a beverage in hand, set up a home garden space to relax and enjoy some quiet time. Plants refresh us in body, mind, and spirit. Tricia will discuss easy, functional “how to do it” tips for your home or office “garden”Contact: Tricia KefferWebsite: SummertimeLandscapeDesign.comEmail: SummertimeLandscapeDesign@gmail.comPhone: 850-716-92592023-06-1958 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureTricia at Tango 3 Coffee, Niceville, FL : Coffee Shop Ambience SoundsGood morning,I enjoy sipping a cuppa chai with croissant at my favorite cafe in Niceville, FL : Tango 3 Coffee. On a Saturday morning, I read through the next book for my Sunday Coffee interviews, take a instagram photos of it, and write questions for the authors. I thought you might like to join me. The coffee shop culture began in Europe and took off during the Age of Enlightenment. The last hundreds of years have produced many an idea at a coffee shops with people writing novels, ideas, and general gossip. If you need...2023-06-131h 34
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureSophia Lacroix, Professional ArtistWebsite: http://www.sophialacroix.com Instagram: @Sophia_Lacroix_ArtistSophia Lacroix is a Haitian born US resident that found the love of her life - Fine Art. From an early age art was solace and gift that transformed her life in ways she could only imagine. After immigrating to the U.S. at the age of 15 in the mid-1980s, she earned a full academic scholarship to University of Florida and graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition Science. However, art has been her passion since she was four years old.Sophia...2023-06-1358 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRoadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn PetersonRoadways For People: Rethinking Transportation, Planning, and Engineering by Lynn Peterson. Published by Island Press in 2023Listening. It's a long lost art in the transportation and urban design matrix. Too many times, the scoop and problems are being decided by people outside the community. In Lynn's book she details her journey to become a better engineer by going back to school for an Urban Design Masters Degree. The insights she learned have resulted in better projects for communities. The people are more happy with the functional designs of the complete streets and roads to connect them.2023-04-0951 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureWhite Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John PastorWhite Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree by John Pastor. Published by Island Press in 2023The roots of the tree, in this case, the White Pines of North America are the metaphorical roots of our democracy, collaboration, and beauty. Beginning with the Native American tribes coming together to bring peace to a landscape and later to the revolutionary American war from the King of England. This species of tree has seen it all. Join me in for an enlightening conversation with Jon Pastor about the remarkable travels this species has taken across i...2023-04-0855 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThe Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui ChapaThe Home Cafe: Creative Recipes for Expresso, Matcha, Tea and Coffee Drinks by Asia Lui Chapa Published by Page Street Publishing Co. Salem, MA 2022Human connections begin with drinks and food. It's about starting the morning or the weekend with family, friends, and partners - or brothers and sisters. Its a quiet moment to wake up in the morning or an after work drink to wind down the day. Happy Hours can be at coffee shops OR your very own The Home Cafe. This isn't just a recipe drink book. It's about exploring the cultures...2023-03-0938 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureBuild Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris MagwoodBuild Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022The amazing thing is that we have the technology and the planning to capture carbon to bring our beautiful home - The Earth - back into balance. The biggest emitter of carbon is actually our homes. It's the built environment that is causing so much havoc in our atmosphere. Life here is possible because of the warm cozy blanket that envelopes the Earth but we do not an extra wool blanket of carbon. Too much carbon, and we...2023-02-021h 09
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureThe Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon EricksonThe Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon Erickson. Published by Island Press in 2022Who invented the economics theories we hold in high regard today? Who do they serve best? Are they really giving us the full economic picture for today's society? In this conversation, we learn about the who, what, when, where, and why we have for the current economic models for our global society. Where is it taking us for the future? Freak-economics have lead us to only value the price tag on - everything. We have over...2023-01-3150 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureUnderstanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn KouskyUnderstanding Disaster Insurance: New tools for a more resilient future by Carolyn Kousky Published by Island Press in 2022Do you really know what's included or more importantly what's NOT included in your insurance policy? Our climate change is fast changing our security and risk for our biggest investments: homes and businesses. Hurricanes, tornados, fires, and drought - Oh My! It's getting harder to live on planet Earth. How do we prepare for the worst and hope for the best? Insurance. In this conversation, you'll learn more about risk and assessing your own risks. Instead of...2023-01-3141 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureDarlene Crone-Todd PhD BF Skinner Foundation BoardHappy Holiday week 2022Today's guest is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation.As my audience may know, my first career was a dolphin trainer at the Gulfarium in Ft. Walton Beach Fl. I have been used the BF Skinner teaching methods for not just dolphins but in teaching swimming, teaching my employees, and managing my various businesses. I am thrilled to introduce this amazing group of people who are carrying the light of the positive reinforcement torch on today. My very special guest today is Darlene Crone-Todd from the BF Skinner Foundation fr...2022-12-291h 15
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitecturePlace & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William FultonPlace & Prosperity: How cities help us to connect and innovate: by William Fulton Published by Island Press 2022Where are you from? Where do you live? These are the two most common and powerful questions we ask and answer to each other. It's deeply personal to our sense of identity and place in a community. What is this "place" we call home? How do places come into being? Why do we long to go back "home" ? Or, do we want to explore and find a new community? Mr. Fulton has these questions too and he has...2022-12-0851 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRural Renaissance: Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle MooreRural Renaissance Revitalizing America's Hometowns through Clean Power: by L. Michelle Moore published by Island Press 2022Each step on our power grid journey has benefited humanity. The coal we burned fueled homes, businesses, and lifted us out of poverty. Now today, we have an opportunity to use new technologies to a new level. With clean technology made in America, we can be more independent with local decision making for a better community system.Michelle takes us through "how to do it" step by step with her principals for an even better future for rural areas...2022-12-0750 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureExercises in Architecture: Learning to Think Like As Architect by Simon UnwinExercises in Architecture: learning to think like as architect 2nd Edition by Simon Unwin published by Routledge in 2023 Each art form has it's own language. While we may not equate architecture with written music, it is - just like it. As the author discusses from his own struggles with learning architecture, he discovered architecture anew while teaching it. How do we communicate? Does architecture communicate with us? The answer is yes if we are aware of it. It forms the basis for our daily lives in many humble and not so humble ways.Architecture informs o...2022-10-0259 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureManaging The Climate Crisis by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs BouwManaging The Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire by Jonathan Barnett & Matthijs Bouw Published by Island Press in 2022It's getting hot on planet Earth. There are forces in motion that can be reversed but we will have to deal with the effects of floods, heat, drought, and wildfire for the foreseeable future. How can our communities adapt today so that we can live a full life and reverse the effects for the next generation? There are steps we can take today because pennies do add up.Join me i...2022-08-0756 min